起点传媒

College of Arts and Sciences

Kent State鈥檚 African Community Theatre Presents Spring Production of 鈥淰enus鈥

起点传媒鈥檚 African Community Theatre in the Department of Pan-African Studies has announced plans for a production of 鈥淰enus鈥 by Suzan-Lori Parks to be directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and performed by the Pan-鈥

Tags: African Community Theatre , Department of Pan-African Studies , College of Arts and Sciences , Events

Kent Campus

Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

Three Kent State students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET Kent State, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in Kent State鈥檚 College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in Kent State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in Kent State鈥檚 College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Tags: Student Life , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Arts and Sciences , LaunchNet Kent State

Office of Student Research

book

Prof Moves Into Motel to Study the People That Society 鈥楧oesn鈥檛 Care Enough About鈥

Struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless. A Kent State professor documents their stories to raise awareness of the issues they face.

Tags: Arts & Culture , College of Arts and Sciences , Featured Story

Flash Feed

Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

With the help of LaunchNET Kent State, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Tags: Student Life , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Arts and Sciences , LaunchNet Kent State

Kent Campus

Kent State Researchers to Study the Effects of Probiotics on Brain Health

University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village 起点传媒, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health Inc., a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products, to examine whether takin鈥

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , brain health

Kent Campus

起点传媒 graduate student Cody Ruiz (far left) practices zazen (seated meditation) at a Buddhist temple.

Kent State Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers

起点传媒 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will get the opportunity to travel to Japan to do collaborative research in a world-class institute, specializing in primate biology, thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding with the Primate Research Institute of Kyot鈥

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Study Abroad , Internships , National Science Foundation , Primates

Kent Campus

clinton

Hillary Clinton Campaign Inspires College Course

Hillary Clinton is the subject of a special topics course at 起点传媒.

Tags: Research & Science , Women鹿s Studies Program , College of Arts and Sciences

Flash Feed

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at 起点传媒, was awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements.

Kent State Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at 起点传媒, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements.  The prestigious medal is鈥

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , Awards and Honors , Success Story

Kent Campus

baby holding study

The Mystery Behind Euphoric Feelings of Holding a Baby

There is nothing like it - holding a tiny baby in your arms. As a parent, you most likely know what it is like to get flooded with a rush of those ooey-gooey feelings. But why? How does it happen and what is the science behind those feelings for dads? Business Insider reached out to Heather Ca鈥

Tags: Health , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Biological Sciences , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Featured Story

Flash Feed

Robin Selinger, Ph.D., faculty member at 起点传媒鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute, has been elected a 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society. (Photo credit: Sterling Steves of SterlingFX Photography)

American Physical Society Elects Kent State鈥檚 Robin Selinger as Fellow

Robin Selinger, Ph.D., faculty member at the Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 起点传媒, has been elected a 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Each year, only one half of one percent of APS members are elected as Fellows. Selinger was recog鈥

Tags: Liquid Crystal Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Awards and Honors

Kent Campus